Running Head: HEALING HOSPITALS PROMTOTING SPIRITUALITY Healing Hospitals January 13‚ 2013 Grand Canyon University The healing hospital ’s paradigm has three components with a major focus on the patient ’s environment. The three major components are a culture of loving care‚ a healing physical environment‚ and an integrated work design and technology. Health care providers at healing hospitals support the physical and emotional well
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The existence of healing hospitals is not a new ideology. “Historically‚ hospitals were often founded and funded by religious orders” (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2014). Hospitals of yesteryear were built on the premise of healing and fulfilled several of the requirements of institutions established for healing. As early as 4000 B. C. many religions identified and associated some of their deities with healing powers. However‚ the modern concept of hospitals dates from 331 C E‚ when Roman
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and spiritual healing processes. Hospitals focus has shifted recently in that they no longer just treat ailments‚ but instead hospitals are starting to focus on the healing of the person as a whole (physically‚ mentally‚ and spiritually). This paper will address the healing components of a healing hospital and the challenges that form when a healing environment is created. Hospitals have been thought of as places to cure disease‚ but now new ideas are emerging about how hospitals should be‚ and
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delicate balance of all the aspects of healing in relationship to one another. Much of the focus of modern medicine has shifted from the emotional‚ spiritual‚ aspect of the patient to just mere medicine and the advancement of procedures‚ equipment and technology. The author of this paper aims to show an important and much overlooked relationship between the spiritual aspect of the patient and healing. All too often‚ the patient as a whole does not get treated. Hospitals get ran as a business instead of
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A healing hospital is built on the ancient tradition that love is at the center of healing. Within that framework‚ the Golden Thread – a symbol of our faith in God – requires that we strike a balance between the latest scientific advancements and the demands of the human spirit. As healthcare providers‚ we are called upon to tend to our patient’s heart and head. For a hospital to truly be healing‚ the Golden Thread must be continuous. As both healers and patients‚ it is the Golden Thread that connects
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Healing Hospital Religious beliefs and practices are an important aspect in many of the patients’ lives who are seeking medical care and the proper treatment in medical institutions all over. This has been a challenge for many physicians and medical professionals because their training consists primarily on dealing with and treating different types of diseases and diagnoses (McCormick‚1998). Another issue that has been surrounding this topic is the privacy of the patients which medical professionals
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The challenges of creating a healing environment and the components of healing hospitals When a new hospital is being planned and built‚ the main focus is based on the number of beds it will house‚ the location of each department‚ how many it will employ and the main item is cost of the project but a healing environment is based on helping the patients feel safe‚ comfortable and stress free. These hospitals will deal with components or needs which include love‚ meaning in life‚ forgiveness and hope
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Linda Ellsworth Grand Canyon University Foundations of Spirituality in Health Care/HLT310v October 1‚ 2014 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm The word “healing” comes from an Anglo-Saxon word Haelen‚ which means to make whole (Zborowsky‚ 2008). Healing hospitals strive to promote harmony of the spirit‚ body‚ and mind. These environments help to reduce patients’ anxiety and stress in effort to help the body heal itself. Florence Nightingale spoke of this when she
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm November 24th‚ 2013 HLT-310V Spirituality in Health Care- Grand Canyon University Spirituality is not always or only defined by ones religious values and religious affiliations. The definition itself could be different from person to person or even between cultures. It’s more about understanding and learning who you are and making that connection to yourself. The value of connection carries on to the health care professions too and this where
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Healing hospitals are being built with the intention of providing patients with a calm‚ quiet‚ visually pleasing‚ and stress-free therapeutic environment‚ while providing advanced technologies and excellent care. The healing hospital paradigm focuses on providing holistic care by improving the patient’s physical‚ mental‚ and spiritual well-being (Eberst‚ 2008). When new hospitals are being built‚ the focus is on how many beds it will hold‚ where they will be located
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